せっかち

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Describes a person who rushes things, cannot wait, or acts without enough thought. Often used for personality traits.

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いつも

結けつ

論ろん

を

急いそ

ぐ

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He is hasty and always rushes to conclusions.

せっかちな性せい格かくを直なおしたい。

I want to fix my impatient personality.

〈人ひと〉はせっかちだto describe someone as impatient/hasty
彼かれはせっかちで、いつも人ひとを急いそがせる。
He's impatient and always rushes other people.
せっかちな性せい格かくan impatient personality
せっかちな性せい格かくのせいで、よく確かく認にん不ぶ足そくのミスをする。
Because of his impatient personality, he often makes mistakes from not double-checking things.
せっかちに〈動どう詞し〉to do something hastily/impatiently
せっかちに結けつ論ろんを出ださないほうがいい。
It's better not to jump to conclusions hastily.

短たん気きN2
短気 describes quickness to anger or lose one's temper, while せっかち describes impatience in taking action or waiting.
気きが短みじかいN2
気が短い is an idiom for being short-tempered or unable to wait, close to 短気, whereas せっかち focuses on hurrying and restlessness in action.
気きが早はやいN2
せっかち describes a person's general impatient personality, while 気が早い often points to a specific instance of acting or deciding too quickly.
性せい急きゅうN1
せっかち is a colloquial, everyday word for an impatient person, whereas 性急 is more formal and can describe both people and actions.

のんびりN3
のんびり describes a relaxed, unhurried attitude, the opposite of せっかち's restless impatience.
気きが長ながい
気が長い means patient and able to wait calmly, directly opposite to the impatient, rushing nature described by せっかち.

そそっかしいN3
せっかち means impatient and quick to act out of restlessness, while そそっかしい means careless and prone to mistakes out of inattention, not impatience.

It is from 急き勝ち (haste-prone), suggesting a contraction of 急き (hurry) and 勝ち (prone to). The exact historical derivation is uncertain.